Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-05-19
TAKING IN AN isTHMUs GAMBLER.
A Man from I'll. Bowery Tries His Hand
at koulefte i'm Panama.

Al houlette IN fAhatha-
Ever since the beginning Of the canal
work on the lsthmus hundreds of gam
blers and thieves have been tiOcking 10
this city from all parts Of the world.
/ There is no end of money here i'll the
! hands of the canal contractors and en-
pioyss- and every Kind Of gambling is
carried on by the sharpers to relieve them
of il The lottery here, whose drawing is
every Sunday, has made one of the pro
/ prietors. an old Panama railroad man,
rich. He is getting his money together
| aud is going back 10 the United States To
/ live. An old New York gambler, who
used To frequent the 1T. James hotel bar
room a great deal, says he is playing the
chance Of dying OF the Ghagres fever
against 100000. If he lives only six
months. he says, he will he back in New
York with The Doodle. He adds that when
a man is over 30 he can afford 10 lake this
| kind of chance. He came here TO die or
make his play, and he is getting in his
winner.
| There is always something new coming
off, for many of the gamblers. especially
| those from LonAon and New York, are
very fly The other day the steamer
| thing man. who. for some time past, has
been working the passengers on the Eng
lish steamer lines. Too much Bowery
dissipation had got him on the sick list
and he was on his way to San Francisco
for his health. lie was here just two
hours. One of them he spent in looking
at the old town and feeding ;he pelicans
and gulls in the hay with biscuits soaked
in rnpnar Ha ,b.r l,uu,raI into tha h,,r
gambling hell on the Plaza and watched
| the Frenchmen's reckless play at roulette.
The game was in full blast and the layout
covered with piles of gold. Every one was
drinking champagne, and for confusion
and riot the red letter days of Homburg
We're not a marker to it. The careworn
Bowery man edged up to the table and
with a trembling hand rolled up a United
States bank bill To about the size of a
walnut and threw it on the red The
wheel was started ou its noSeless circuit
and the little ivory hall ratified around iii
the opposite direction until il finally set
tied in the black. The Bowcry man
picked the hill up and carelessly tossed ii
To The dealer, who unfolded it and saw il
was $50 bill
The dealer smiled slightly, while the
Bowery man fumbled in his pocket for
more money. He drew another bill from
his inside pocket crumpled into a ball
like the other one and dropped il on the
red. The ivory ball went hopping around
again, and this time il stopped in a red
pocket The BOwery man did not move
this time, and when the dealer unfolded
the bill 10 see how much he had TO pay he
found that il was one of the 81 900 denom-
ination. He looked aghast, but there was
nothing. for il but to pay and look pleas
ant He counted the money out, which
the Bowery man pocketed rs he took his
leave. Fifteen minutes later the lucky
New Yorker was on the tug going To the
steamer out in the bay. He told fellow
passenger how he had beaten the Panama
dealer. The first bill he laid down was
also : 900 bill, but when he saw he had
lost he picked it up and tossed 4 SEQ bill
which he had concealed in his hand TO the
dealer and Slipped the 81 900 one up his
sleeve. He said il took little practice to
do this trick, but il was about as easy
way to make $3.50 as he knew Of, and he
was ON good terms with himself for the
peXt twenty four hours.-Panama Cor
New York sun.
You can't afford to laugh dear girls,
Unless your teeth are white as pearls
Unless your mouth is pink and sweet:
And your two lips in rosebuds meet;
And you cannot supply this want.
But through the use of SO/ODOST.
Laughter Lends a New Charm
to beautify. when it discloses pretty set
of teeth. Whiteness, when nature has sup
piled this element of loveliness, may he re-
tanned through life, by using the fragrant
SOZOD0NT.
A few drops of "SrAULpIN"'S GLUE"
on brush. properly applied, holds like
wise.